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| − | ===Clostridium novyi=== | + | ===[[Clostridium novyi]]=== |
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| − | *Infectious necrotic hepatitis/black disease:
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| − | **Acute disease of sheep, occasionally cattle
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| − | **Hepatic necrosis caused by exotoxins of ''C. novyi'' type B in liver damaged by ''Fasciola hepatica''
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| − | **Rapid death
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| − | **Dark discoloration of skin caused by subcutaneous venous congestion
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| − | **Fluorescent antibody test diagnostic
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| − | * Causes [[Necrosis - Pathology#Gas Gangrene|gas gangrene]] and [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Gas gangrene|myositis]].
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| − | *May be involved in [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Systemic bacterial infections|cutaneous lesions]]
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| − | *Causes big head in rams - oedema of subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck and cranial thorax; necrotising lethal alpha toxin
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